Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Casting Announcement

[RW3]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 6:09pm

http://www.hypable.com/harry-potter-cursed-child-actors-announced/

I'm so happy!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 7:12pm

YAY for the black Hermione!!!!

[Kad]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 7:20pm

That's awesome. I'm sure there'll be some idiotic backlash, but I'm so glad it happened. 

[hork]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 7:23pm

I feel like the actors playing Harry and Ron should be reversed.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 7:23pm

It puts the racism of Hermoine being called a "mud blood" front and center.

[Jonwo]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 7:56pm

Jamie Parker is a solid actor, I recently saw Noma Dumezweni in Linda at the Royal Court and she was brilliant, she replaced Kim Cattrall who had dropped out in rehearsals. 

[Plannietink08]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 7:59pm

I agree that the actors playing Ron and Harry should be switched.

I am beyond thrilled that a black woman is playing Hermione. It's genius!

[c0113g3b0y]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 8:08pm

musicaljen or whatever her new screenname is must be having a stroke right about now

[Plannietink08]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 8:15pm

c0113g3b0y said: "musicaljen or whatever her new screenname is must be having a stroke right about now

 

Good.

 

[Mattbrain]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 8:42pm

I take it musicaljen also went by another name....that started with a p?

[rosscoe(au)]

Posted: 12/20/15 at 11:47pm

^^^^

 

Prick

[AHLiebross]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 1:00am

Definitely switch the Ron and Harry casting -- or give them each wigs of the correct color. I can't imagine Ron looking that way in his later years. Of  course, the casting of an actor as Hermione who looks NOTHING like Emma Watson telegraphs to the audience that this story is not necessarily connected to the others.

[Cupid Boy2]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 1:54am

Considering that this entire world was built upon the book series and that those books are wildly popular, I don't think letting go of the image of Emma Watson as Hermione will be a problem. Fans are eager for the next chapter in the story; they know this isn't an extension of the films.

Updated On: 12/21/15 at 01:54 AM

[Emma MK]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 3:16am

Im sooo pleased with this casting! Jamie Parker was brilliant when i saw him in Assassins and High Society, so i cant wait to see him as Harry!

[Dave19]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 7:34am

FindingNamo said: "YAY for the black Hermione!!!!"

 

YAY for the best person at the audition to get the role.

She didn't get the role because of her color I hope.

 

Updated On: 12/21/15 at 07:34 AM

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 8:11am

I saw Dumezweni in A Human Being Died That Night at BAM and she was terrific. What a great choice for the role!

Updated On: 12/21/15 at 08:11 AM

[bjh2114]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 8:13am

It's hilarious to me that in the same breath, people praise the colorblind casting of Hermione but say Ron and Harry should switch because of how they look...  that's so stupid.

 

"Definitely switch the Ron and Harry casting -- or give them each wigs of the correct color."

 

If only wigs were a possibility in the theatre...  if only... *eyeroll*

 

Jamie Parker is an excellent actor.  In fact, I scheduled one of my trips to London around seeing him in and Sam Barnett in Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.  He is an inspired choice for adult Harry Potter.

Updated On: 12/21/15 at 08:13 AM

[ChildofEarth]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 9:04am

This is so very exciting and fits in with the canon that many people saw for years - black Hermione has been around for years on tumblr and fansites.

[c0113g3b0y]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 9:27am

ChildofEarth said: "This is so very exciting and fits in with the canon that many people saw for years - black Hermione has been around for years on tumblr and fansites.

 

"

really? is there some sort of 'fan theory'..? 

please tell me it's not because they expected someone with "bushy hair" to be ...black. lol

also: (i found this on another forum)

for those who have trouble reading: "Hermione's white face was sticking out from behind a tree"

Please do note that white could mean 'pale' here, since the next line indicates that she was rather nervous.

Updated On: 12/21/15 at 09:27 AM

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 9:41am

That's a big thing from racist old movies that black people are scared white.  Also, their eyes bug out.

[Dave19]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 9:49am

FindingNamo said: "That's a big thing from racist old movies that black people are scared white. "

 

No, every person in the world turns pale when scared.

 

Can you please STOP with turning everything into racism.

 

On topic: Just be glad that a great actress got the part of Hermione. Just as you should be equally glad if any other actress would have gotten the part (if they were the best of course).

 

Updated On: 12/21/15 at 09:49 AM

[c0113g3b0y]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 9:54am

FindingNamo said: "That's a big thing from racist old movies that black people are scared white.  Also, their eyes bug out.

 

"

LOL @ Finding Namo

[disneybroadwayfan22]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 9:56am

I actually though Heromine was a WoC in the books. Great news! Congrats to the lucky woman!

[c0113g3b0y]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 10:04am

disneybroadwayfan22 said: "I actually though Heromine was a WoC in the books. Great news! Congrats to the lucky woman!

 

"

was it the hair? LOL

[Kad]

Posted: 12/21/15 at 10:25am

"Please do note that white could mean 'pale' here, since the next line indicates that she was rather nervous."

That's absolutely what it means. C'mon. Context.